RITA SKEETER:

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Rita Skeeter reporting live from Courtroom Ten. The city of Hogsmeade has come to a complete stand still. As the trial of the century finally draws to a close, Mrs. Krum sits quietly at the defense table, hands folded. What has fate installed for her? There's hassle over the courtroom as the witches and wizards of the Wizengamot have back slowly to their seats.

THE MINISTER OF MAGIC:

Wizengamot, have you reached a verdict?

THE WIZENGAMOT:

We have, Minister.

RITA SKEETER:

The Wizengamot has reached a verdict.

THE MINISTER OF MAGIC:

The defendant please rise. What is your verdict?

THE WIZENGAMOT

We, the Wizengamot, find the defendant...

BOY:

Hermione Krum is innocent! She's innocent! Hermione Krum is free! (wand shot)

REPORTER:

Come on! Move it! She shoots her husband and she crossed the lawyer!

HERMIONE:

Hey, don't you want to take my picture? Hey, I'm the famous Hermione Krum. Hey, what happened? What the hell happened?

HARRY:

It's Hogsmeade, kid. You can't beat fresh blood on the walls.

HERMIONE:

What about my publicity, Harry? My name on the papers. I was counting on that.

HARRY:

Your attitude is not the one I get. I just saved your soul.

HERMIONE:

You got 5,000 Galleons. What do I get? I get nothing.

HARRY:

Five? Actually it's ten once I collect from Ginny. I get nothing? Don't forget your diary. I had a few erroneous phrases in there. Sorry, I couldn't tell you. Take a chance. Never lost a case. You're a free woman, Hermione Krum. And God save England.

VIKTOR:

Herm-own-ninny.

HERMIONE:

What do you want?

VIKTOR:

I vant you to come home. You said you still vanted to... and the baby...

HERMIONE:

Baby, what baby? What do you take me for? There isn't a baby.

VIKTOR:

There isn't a baby?

HERMIONE:

They didn't even want my picture. I just can't understand that. What didn't

they even want my picture?

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It's good,

Isn't it, grand?

Isn't it, great?

Isn't it, swell?

Isn't it, fun?

Isn't it?

Nowadays

LEE JORDAN

Ladies and gentlemen,

Miss Hermione Krum says Good Night.

HERMIONE:

There's men,

Everywhere jazz,

Everywhere booze,

Everywhere life,

Everywhere joy,

Everywhere

Nowadays

You can like the life you're living

You can live the life you like

You can even marry Harry

But mess around with Ike

And that's

Good,

Isn't it, grand?

Isn't it, great?

Isn't it, swell?

Isn't it, fun?

Isn't it...

But nothing

stays

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You can like the life you're living

You can live the life you like

FRED WEASLEY

Didn't she kill a guy a while back?

GEORGE WEASLEY:

Yeah, who can keep 'em straight anymore?

HERMIONE:

But mess around with Ike

And that's

Good,

Isn't it, grand?

Isn't it, great?

Isn't it, swell?

FRED:

That's great. We'll keep in touch.

HERMIONE:

You know I'm not quite finished yet. I have a...Wait, don't go. I could... just a second...damn it! Thank you!

LEE JORDAN

Here's your music, honey.

HERMIONE:

Thanks.

GINNY:

You know you're really pretty good.

HERMIONE:

Yeah. What are you doing here?

GINNY:

I've been making the rounds.

HERMIONE:

Well, if not fooled up by you, I'll be soulless right now.

GINNY:

Come on, I was there to get you off. You should learn how to put things behind you.

HERMIONE:

Thank you. I'll put that at the top of my list right after finding a job and an apartment with a john.

GINNY:

Can you shut up and listen to me?

HERMIONE:

You really are something. Coming in here like some goddamn queen bee, full of advice for a poor slop like me. Let me tell you something, Miss Ginny Weasley. I've got a new life now. And one of the best thing about it, is it don't include

you.

GINNY:

Fine. I just thought we could help each other out.

HERMIONE:

Wait, you thought wrong, didn't you?

GINNY:

Listen to me. I talked to this guy downtown. He says one singer is nothing these days, but two... We can make a couple hundred a week. Think about it, Hermione. Faces back on the papers and names in the marquee. Ginny Weasley and Hermione Krum.

HERMIONE:

Shouldn't it be alphabetical?

GINNY:

That could work.

HERMIONE:

A couple hundred? Maybe we can ask for a thousand.

GINNY:

We're worth it.

HERMIONE:

No. It could never work.

GINNY:

Why not?

HERMIONE:

'Cause I hate you.

GINNY:

There's only one business in the world where that's no problem at all.

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LEE JORDAN

Ladies and gentlemen, the Hogsmeade Theatre is proud to announce a first.

The first time anywhere that's been an act of this nature. Not only one little lady, but two. You've read about them in the papers, and now here they are. Hogsmeade's zone killer-dealers, the lady-sinners, Hermione Krum and Ginny Weasley!

HERMIONE KRUM AND GINNY WEASLEY

You can like the life you're living

You can live the life you like

You can even marry Harry

But mess around with Ike

And that's good?

Isn't it, grand?

Isn't it, great?

Isn't it, swell?

Isn't it, fun?

isn't it?

But nothing stays

In fifty years or so

It's going to change, you know

But, oh, it's heaven

Nowadays

LEE JORDAN

Okay, you babes of Jazz, let's kick up the pace. Let's make the parties longer, let's make the robes shorter. Let's all go to the hell in a fast car and keep it hot!

GINNY:

Me and Hermione would just like to say thank you.

HERMIONE:

Thank you! Believe us, we could've never done anything without you!

And all

That

Jazz!

That Jazz!